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Surprise Song Tops ‘Espresso’ as Spotify’s No.1 Song of 2024

One song overtook Sabrina Carpenter’s hit by just 650,000 streams.

Pop diva Sabrina Carpenter lost out on Spotify’s top streaming spot for 2024 at the last minute by a razor thin margin. Her hit “Espresso” had been promoted in the platform’s Wrapped campaign at the beginning of December as the most-played tune of the year, but by the end of the month it had been overtaken by Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather”, previously trailing at No.3. It was a close race, with Eilish’s track coming in at 1,775,172,881 to Carpenter’s 1,774,525,704, for a difference of just 650,000 streams. Any competition between the two stars also seems only set to intensify going into 2025, with Eilish nominated for seven Grammys compared to Carpenter’s six, with both of them up for the awards’ coveted record, album and pop solo performances of the year prizes.